West side story of modern gang music and Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet
The West Side Story is a musical/drama that parodies the tale Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet and it takes place in New York in the early 40’s and 50’s. The drama is a tale of two rival gangs which undertakes to despise each other on a vicious circle of hate. Each group has its leader in this case, Riff leads the jets a group which has polish origin while Bernardo, on the other hand, is the leader of Sharks who have a Spanish origin (Atkinson 1). A critical review shows that the rivalry between the two gangs existed even before the story took place. Interestingly, the neutral parties from each side meet in a mysterious way.
Both the West Side Story and Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet pull together their respective contributions to vividly portray the nature of street lives (Atkinson 1). The West Side Story is derived from the character…
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